I knew my grandpa had a good hand because he started chuckling when the nickel popped up, but I certainly wasn't expecting him to have a 29 hand.

when we could get a nickel.

He was holding the Jack of clubs, the 5 of spades, the 5 of diamonds, and the 5 of hearts. I was hoping for a three from the deck to flip up because I had a Jack, two 2s and an ace.

It was the same situation last year. That popped into my head, so I knew to run.

When you can take a wide receiver and make him a nickel back, ... when you can take rookies and make them starters, when you can take free agents off the streets and win a world championship, that means the philosophy and the scheme is bigger than the players.

When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!